Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

Lectures on the Psalms II: Chapters 76-126

by Martin Luther

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Hardcover, 560 pages

Published March 1st 1976 by Concordia Publishing House

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Book Quotes

“Nothing so provokes God as unbelief, for this means denying God directly and thus committing idolatry.”

― Martin Luther

“since God is always to be called on, therefore one must always be in trouble.”

― Martin Luther

“wherever answer, deliverance, or salvation are mentioned in Scripture, there we must be quick to understand that cross and suffering are there before.”

― Martin Luther

“To know Christ is to know goodness and discipline.”

― Martin Luther

“So also in the gospel (Matt. 16:13, 15) “Who do men say that the Son of Man is? But you (that is, you who are gods), who do you say that I am?”

― Martin Luther

“And this is a clear demonstration that the world is the image of hell and a model and forerunner of the damned, yes, like the lodging of the devil and ungodliness, which consistently ignores the Word of God and its immeasurable benefits and does not see them and most basely despises them.”

― Martin Luther

“He is wonderful in His Holy One because He brings Him into tribulation and thus crowns Him.”

― Martin Luther

“[benignus is freundlich, gutig, bonus]”

― Martin Luther

“Terence, Andria, I, 1, 41: Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.”

― Martin Luther

“Therefore the whole meaning is that he who by the grace of God believes suffers persecution either from the world or from the flesh.”

― Martin Luther

“No one can worthily speak or hear any Scripture, unless he is touched in conformity with it, so that he feels inwardly what he hears and says outwardly and says, “Ah, this is true!”

― Martin Luther

“Therefore conquering pride, restraining riotous living, crucifying the flesh, these are great beyond all the power of men.”

― Martin Luther

“Note: God came into the world in order to cast down the demons from divine honors. And now man arrogates the same titles to himself, namely, to boast of good and righteousness, which belong to God alone. But this, too, He will at last, at His Second Coming, cast down.]”

― Martin Luther

“In short, those of us who are in the church are in the vale of tears.”

― Martin Luther

“When God’s judgment is avoided, God also flees, but when it is received, He, too, becomes near. For “in trouble You have enlarged for me” (Ps. 4:1), and “a Help in the troubles that have come upon us” (Ps. 46:1). And Ps. 9:9, “A Helper in due time in tribulation.” And there is no lie in this, but it becomes a lie, if you flee from God’s judgment.”

― Martin Luther

“Where are the unwise, who are not only impatient but plot revenge day and night? But why? Because they do not see how great is the damage of those who have not kept the law of the Lord, therefore they have no sympathy with them but also themselves depart from the law of God through anger and impatience.”

― Martin Luther

“The doers are much more enlightened in faith than the speculative, as even the philosopher says in his Metaphysics,75 that an experienced person acts more surely.”

― Martin Luther

“Experience teaches how amazingly the ungodly and wicked tremble in lightning, pestilence, or other exigency of death, when the righteous, on the other hand, endure everything unafraid and calm.”

― Martin Luther

“Hence every teaching that flatters or indulges the flesh and teaches temporal things is not of God, because it is not a rod but a reed and softness of clothing (Matt. 11:7-8).”

― Martin Luther

“For through terror He sanctifies those who believe in His name.”

― Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Martin Luther changed the course of Western civilization by initiating the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesmen with his 95 Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms meeting in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.

Luther taught that salvation is a free gift of God and received only by grace through faith in Jesus as redeemer from sin, not from good works. His theology challenged the authority of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.

His translation of the Bible into the language of the people (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation into English of the King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.
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